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Fall River
1853
1805. Cleaveland. Daniel,
Middletown, Conn,
1866 Collins, William D.
Fall River
1867 Clark, J. Laing,
Providence, R. I.,
1847 Davis. Robert T.,
Fall River
1889 Doggett, Perez F.
Wareham 1875
1851 Dwelly, Jerome,
Fall River
1847. Drake, Ebenezer W.
Middleborough
1868 Eddy, William,
New York.
1866 Eddy, George S.
Fall River
1829 Fearing, Elisha P.
Nantucket
1876
1849, .. . Folsom, Levi,.
New York
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Adm.
Name.
Residence.
Died.
1861 Fearing, Benjamin
Wareham
1889 Glazier, Amory
Fall River 1858
1835
.Gordon, William A.
Dartmouth
1882.
Gou
1839 Green, Edward W.,
Rhode Island
1869
1841. Hardy, Benjamin F.,
San Francisco
1839 Haskell, Joseph.
Rochester
1873
1854 . Holmes, Alexander R.,
Canton
1839 Hooper, Foster,
Fall River
1870
1859 . Hooper, Frederick H.
New Bedford.
1866 .Howe, Woodbridge R.,
Hanover
1837 .Hubbard, Levi,
California
1859 . Hartley, James W.
Fall River
1869 . Hough, George T.,
New Bedford
1869 . Hayes, Charles
New York
1870 ... Hayes, Stephen W.,
New Bedford
1871 - Handy, Benjamin J.
Fall River
1849 ... Jennings, John H.,
New Bedford
1882
1841 .. -Jones, Alanson S.
New York
1877. - Jackson. John H.,
Fall River
1867 . Johnson, Henry,
New Bedford
1880
1848 . King, George,
Franklin
1842.
King, John B.,
Nantucket
1889. Ladd, Azel P.,
Iowa
1830. Learned, Ebenezer'
Fall River
1851 ... Leland, Phineas W.
Fall River
1870
1879 . Leonard, Milton H.
New Bedford
188 Lucas, Ivory II
Edgartown
1870
1856 Leach, William,
Vineyard Haven
1824. Mackie, Andrew,
New Bedford. 1871
1850 Mackie, John H.,
New Bedford.
1822 .Mackie, Peter,
Wareham
1858
1822 Mason, William B.
Dartmouth
1856
1830 Mayhew, Julius S.,
New Bedford
1859
1845 Millet, Asa
East Bridgewater
1876 McGrath, Eugene J.
Fall River
1850 Marrisal, Felix V.
Fall River
1881
1862
Nelson, Abial W.
New London, Conn.
1866 Noyes, George H.
Fall River
1832 Oakes, T. Fletcher,
Dartmouth
1875 O'Connell, John D.
Vineyard Haven
1839 Perkins, John
Middleborough 1866
1840 Pierce, John
Edgartown
1875 Pierce, A. Martin
New Bedford
1867 Prescott, Charles D.,
New Bedford.
1869 Paun, Amos B.,
Middleborough
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Adm. Name.
Residence.
Died.
1844 ... Russell, Henry
Sandwich
1861 .. . Ricketson, Arthur,
.New Bedford
1878 .. . Redfearn, Joseph,
Fall River
1879
Richmond, George B., jr.,
1836. Sawyer, Samuel,
Cambridge
1859
1845 . Shiverick, Clement F.
Edgartown
1857
1882
Sherman, Frank M.
Dartmouth
1889
Sisson, Benjamin B.
Westport
1846 Snow. George W.
Middleborough
1867
1889 Southworth, Newton
Iowa
1868
1861 Spare, John,
New Bedford
1848
. Sparrow, William E.
Mattapoisett
1821
Spooner, Paul.
New Bedford.
862
1852
Stickney, Charles B.
New Bedford.
1889. Sturtevant, George,
Middleborough
1852
1862 .. .Sturtevant, Charles,
Hyde Park
1857. Swasey, Charles L.,
New Bedford
1846 Sweat, William W.
Mattapoisett,
1878
1856 .Sawyer, Frederick A.
Wareham
1866 Smith, Isaac, jr.
Fall River.
1881
1870
. Sullivan, Alexis J.
Fall River
1880
1874. .Smith, Lawrence S.
Watertown
1879 .Smith, H. B. S.
Middleborough
1878 .. Taylor, William H.
New Bedford
...
1859. .Tuttle, Charles M.
Littletown, N. H.,
1878. - Tourtellot, J. Q. A.
Fall River
1875 ... . Tucker, Edward T.
New Bedford.
1822 ..
.. Thompson, Arad,
Middleborough
1843
1867 .. . Vermyne, Jan J. B.
New Bedford
1840 ... . Washburn, Lemuel W.
Wisconsin
1845
1849 .. . Webster, Joseph W.,
Acushnet 1876
1876. Webster, Joseph,
Acushnet.
1880
1881 White, A. M. W.
Fall River.
1881 Whitney, E. M.
Fairhaven
1839 . Wells, Thomas T.
New York
1842
1838 . Wells, William R.,
Middleborough
New Bedford
1857
1841 Wilbur, Thomas,
Fall River
1857
1882 Willard, Henry
Boston
1855
1842 .. . Winslow, Charles F.
Boston
1864. Wilson, Benjamin F
New Bedford
1867 Whittaker, John B.
Fall River
1883 Yale, Leroy M. Tisbury
1840
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Since the year 1880 the following have become members of the society from this county :
Adm. Name. Residence.
1881 . Andrew M. W. White Fall River.
W. J. Chagnon, Fall River.
1882 . Charles A. Gould, Westport. Frank M. Sherman Dartmouth.
Edward M. Whitney Fairhaven.
188 James E. Sullivan, Fall River.
Dwight E. Conc, Fall River.
1885 .Nerville Ilough, New Bedford.
Amos P. Webber
New Bedford.
William A. Dolan, Fall River. John W. Coughlin, Fall River.
1886 - John H. Gifford.
Fall River.
1887 William F. Learned, Fall River.
John Gilbert Fall River.
James H. Kingman,
New Bedford.
New Bedford. Ella L. Dexter,
Andrew B. Cushman, New Bedford.
1888. . W. G. Potter,
New Bedford.
1889. John T. Bullard,
New Bedford.
Joseph C. Pothier, New Bedford.
1890 Edward W. Dehu,
Acushnet.
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Joshua F. Weeks, William E. Carroll,
New Bedford.
Edward H. Abbe,
New Bedford.
1891 William Clinton Sheehy, . New Bedford.
Harry L. Stevens, New Bedford.
John M. Mackenzie,
Fall River.
Fall River. Arthur I. Connell,
1892 .R. W. Jackson,
Fall River.
Charles Warren White, Fairhaven.
Charles A. B. Peterson, New Bedford.
1803 . Joseph Pierre St. Germain, New Bedford.
Adelbert A. Bryson, Fall River.
Fall River. William E. Synan,
Augustus W. Buck, Fall River.
1894 . Caroline Louise Thomas, Fall River.
Caroline M. Richards, New Bedford.
Anna W. Croacher, New Bedford. Arthur C. Lewis, Fall River. Charles A. Pratt New Bedford.
1895 .Joseph A. Barre,
Fall River.
1896 Henry L. Dwight, New Bedford. Scott C. Newcomb, New Bedford. Stephen Masury Gordon Fall River.
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Adm. Name.
Residence.
1897 Charles F. Connor
New Bedford.
.Silas V. Merritt, Fall River.
. William H. Butler, Fall River.
Emma H. Wheeler,
New Bedford.
.C. E. Howland, New Bedford.
George E. Butler, Fall River.
.. Andrew L. Grieve, New Bedford.
.O. H. Jackson,
Fall River.
1898. ... C. W. Milliken,
New Bedford.
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Fall River Medical Society .- This society was organized at a meet- ing held in the Board of Trade rooms on November 20, 1889. The early records of the organization are very incomplete; but from them it is learned that the first officers were: President, Dwight E. Cone; secretary and treasurer, A. C. Peckham. In 1890 the following were elected; President, W. A. Dolan; vice-president, W. T. Learned; sec- retary and treasurer, A. C. Dedrick.
At the meeting of November 19, 1890, new rules of government were adopted, and an executive committee was added to the officials. In 1891 the society began holding meetings in the residences of members. The officers for that year were: President, W. T. Learned; vice-presi- pent, J. H. Leary; secretary and treasurer, J. H. Gifford.
1892-President, J. H. Leary; vice-president, A. C. Peckham; sec: retary and treasurer, H. G. Wilbur.
1893-President, A. C. Peckham; vice-president, J. H. Gifford; sec- retary and treasurer, A. I. Connell.
On the 1st of May, 1893, the society for the first time occupied a room of its own, in the Fall River National Bank building. On the 14th of June of that year Dr. H. G. Wilbur was elected librarian. Late in the same year the society was largely instrumental in obtaining from the city authorities a renumbering of all the houses in the city, a task that was finished in 1894.
Officers for 1894-President J. II. Gifford; vice-president, S. W. Bowen; secretary and treasurer, A. I. Connell.
1895-President, W. E. Synan; vice-president, A. I. Connell; secre- tary and treasurer, E. Harris.
1896-President, J. M. Mackenzie; vice-president, A. W. Buck ; sec- retary and treasurer, E. Harris.
1897-President, J. W. Coughlin; vice-president, A. M. Jackson; secretary and treasurer, E. Harris.
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In November, 1897, the society occupied new and larger rooms in the A. J. Borden building. The meetings of the society are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month excepting July and August. An annual banquet is held to which all the reputable physi- cians of the city are invited. The membership is thirty-one.
HOSPITALS .- Through the unselfish labor of many physicians and the generosity of many men and women, the hospital accommodations and service in the three cities of Bristol county are firmly established and actively supported. By an agreement made on the 17th of September, 1885, the Fall River Hospital was founded. The signers of the agree- ment were John D. Flint, John S. Brayton, Charles J. Holmes, James M. Morton, Alphonso S. Covel, Frank S. Stevens, Robert T. Davis, John W. Cummings, Simeon B. Chase, Hugo A. Dubuque, Charles W. Anthony, Arnold B. Sanford, John C. Milne, Henry H. Earl, William S. Greene, Henry K. Braley, Marcus G. B. Swift and James E. Sul- livan.
The hospital was incorporated on the 10th of October of that year. John D. Flint was elected the first president; Frank S. Stevens, vice- president. Marcus G. B. Swift was chosen temporary clerk. At the annual meeting held January 28, 1886, Hugo A. Dubuque was elected clerk, and has worthily filled the office to the present time. At the same time 126 new members were elected, among whom were many of the most prominent people of the city.
At a meeting held March 25, 1887, it was voted by the board of trus- tees that the Valentine estate, No. 72 Prospect street, and comprising 136 rods of land, a large residence and barn, be purchased for $7 .- 000. This purpose was effected and immediate steps were taken to raise funds. In October the "A. B.C. card system " was adopted through which nearly $2,500 was collected. From that time to the present the institution has gathered its resources by varied means, such as excursions, receptions, public entertainments, etc., while the people of the city have contributed in many ways to its support.
On the 11th of February, 1888, it was voted by the trustees of the hospital that there be established the Woman's Board of the Fall River Hospital, and forty two names for membership therein were approved. The objects of this board were thus defined:
Said Woman's Board, with the advice and co-operation of the medical staff, shall exercise a general supervision of the hospital in its internal management and affairs, and for this purpose may make rules and regulations regarding their own officers,
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committees, and meetings, and the admission of patients, prices of board, and other matters pertaining to the conducting of the hospital; but all such rules and regula- tions shall be subject to the approval of the trustees. Said board shall select the matron, nurses, and other employees of the hospital, and fix their compensation, etc.
The price of a free bed in the hospital was fixed at $5,000, and on the 2d of May, 1888, the institution was opened for public inspection. Mrs. A. E. Andrews was appointed matron. On May 9 of that year the first patient was admitted. On May 19 the first free bed was purchased with the name, " Durfee Mills Bed," by Mrs. Mary B. Young. On the 6th of July, 1888, a school for nurses was established in connec- tion with the institution, which has been of great benefit to the com- munity. On the 1st of January, 1890, the matron resigned and was succeeded by Miss E. F. Cox; she resigned in June, 1893, and was suc- ceeded by Miss M. M. Brownrigg. In 1891 a west wing was built, and in 1897 a maternity ward was added to the facilities of the hospital.
The officers of the hospital for 1897 are as follows: President, John D. Flint; vice president, Frank S. Stevens; corporation clerk, Hugo A. Dubuque; treasurer, Charles J. Holmes. It will be seen that there has been very little change in these officers since the founding of the institution. The officers of the Woman's Board are: President, Mrs. William Beattie; vice presidents, Mrs. James M. Morton, Mrs. John W. Cummings, and Miss Frances J. Runnels; secretary, Mrs. Caroline A. Gee; treasurer, Miss Anna H. Borden.
The medical staff of the hospital are the following: Consulting board, Dr. Jerome Dwelly, George S. Eddy, John B. Chagnon; attending physicians and surgeons, Drs. R. T. Thompson, president, S. V. Merritt, secretary, J. A. Barre, S. W. Bowen, A. W. Buck, D. E. Cone, A. I. Con- nell, W. A. Dolan, S. M. Gordon, B. J. Handy, A. C. Peckham, W. E. Synan; Homoeopathic, Drs. D. A. Babcock, Lucy C. Hill, D. W. Vander Burgh; specialists, Dr. A. J. Abbe, diseases of the eye; Dr. G. L. Rich- ards, diseases of the ear, throat and nose.
Emergency Hospital, Fall River .- This hospital is an adjunct of " The Home Training School for Nurses," which was incorporated in June, 1896, though it began its existence in 1894. The incorporators' names are as follows: John H. Gifford, Laura G. Shove, Jessie A. Gage, W. T. Learned, Augustus W. Buck, Arthur I. Connell, Edward H. Kid- der, Ralph W. Jackson, Hubert G. Wilbur, Mary D. Swift, Emily H. Baker, Elizabeth M. Harley, Janet Kerr, Adelaide E. Abbe, Marcus G. B. Swift. The president is Dr. John H. Gifford. The first treasurer
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was Elizabeth H. Brayton, who was succeeded by Laura G. Shove, and she by Elizabeth M. Borden. The first and present secretary is Jessie A. Gage. In the training school experienced and competent nurses are graduated and its success from the first has been marked. In order to broaden its field of instruction the Emergency Hospital was estab- lished and connected with the school in December, 1895. A commo- dious residence was leased and in the care of cases brought there for operation or treatment, under skillful physicians, the nurses of the training school are given exceptional. opportunity to advance in their profession.
St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford .- This institution was founded on April 12, 1884, after several meetings had been held for the pur- pose. A lot was purchased on the West side of Fourth street, and thereon was erected a large building which was at once opened for hospital purposes. Among those who were prominent in this under- taking were Horatio Hathaway, Edward S. Taber, Charles W. Clif- ford, Mrs. Benjamin Anthony, and others. Like the Fall River hos- pital, a Woman's Board of Managers was created, which directs and controls the internal management of the institution, subject to approval of its acts by the board of trustees. There is also connected with the hospital a training school for nurses, which has met with marked suc- cess.
Morton Hospital, Taunton .- This institution takes its name from Gov. Marcus Morton, the distinguished citizen of that city. In 1887, as a re- sult of growing feeling among physicians, and especially in the mind of Dr. S. D. Presbrey, that a hospital was an imperative necessity in Taun- ton, he drew up a paper calling for pledges of ten dollars a year for five years to constitute a fund for a foundation for the project; these pledges were not to be binding unless one hundred were obtained. The plan was received with such favor that nearly two hundred of the pledges came in, thus assuring unlooked for success in the undertak- ing. Besides the funds thus secured Mrs. Susan Tillinghast (Morton) Kimball, of Boston, made a gift, which was the most generous and beneficent ever donated in the city; this was a pledge of the Morton mansion on Washington street, with its spacious grounds for hospi- tal purposes. The Morton Hospital was dedicated January 3, 1889. Dr. S. D. Presbrey was chosen president of the institution; William H. Bent, vice-president; O. A. Barker, treasurer. A board of trustees was chosen which included many of the prominent men and women of
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. the city, and Ella Sears was selected as matron. The following were the first board of consulting and visiting physicians: W. S. Robinson, J. W. Hayward, S. D. Presbrey, J. Bassett, Martha Perry, J. B. Mur- phy, B. L. Dwinell, F. A. Hubbard, E. F. Galligan, F. C. Walker, E. U. Jones, W. Y. Fox.
Taunton Lunatic Hospital .- Although this is a State institution, a brief notice will not be out of place here. This was the second lunatic hospital established in Massachusetts, and was erected under an act of legislature approved May 24, 1851, which appropriated $100,000 for the purpose, and subsequently added $90, 000 more before it was com- pleted. The commissioners were George N. Briggs, James D. Thomp. son, and John W. Graves. When it was determined that Taunton of- fered the best advantages for the site of the institution, by vote of the inhabitants of the town and by voluntary contributions of citizens the sum of $13,000 was given the commissioners with which to purchase the beautiful site on which the hospital stands, embracing about 140 acres of land. The first board of trustees was appointed in July, 1853, and into their hands the building and property was delivered on Feb- ruary 2, 1854. In the following April the hospital was opened for the reception of patients. The original accommodations were for only 250 patients, but subsequent additions give it a present capacity of 650. Several of the leading citizens of Taunton have served on the board of trustees, and the hospital in its general management is among the foremost of similar institutions in the country.
HOMOEOPATHY .- The relations existing between the practice of med- icine upon homoeopathic principles and that followed by the so-called Old School, or Allopathic physicians fifty years are within the memory of many living persons. It is remembered that the new methods of healing the sick followed by the disciples of Hahnemann, were for a number of years a subject of ridicule and opprobium among medical men of the other school, as well as of active discussion outside of the profession. Since that period the change in these respects has been great. The new school, its theories and practice made their way rap. idly and are now recognized in every community as worthy of respect and confidence, while the great homoeopathic colleges have sent out many graduates who have attained high professional success, and who have stood and do stand on a level with the best educated men of any school.
The first homoeopathic physician to settle in Bristol county was Dr.
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Manning B. Roche. He was a pupil of Dr. Constantine Hering, and was a graduate of the Allentown Academy. No one could be a pupil of Dr. Hering and not be thoroughly versed in all that pertains to the education of the physician, and Dr. Roche's education was complete, and especially so in the matter of the Materia Medica. He was a man of strong character, and well calculated to command the respect and attention of those with whom he came in contact. He settled in New Bedford in 1841, and though at first he met with little encouragement, he gradually acquired a foothold and at length obtained a large prac- tice. He retired on account of failing health in 1861, and died at Riv- erside, N. J., July 5, 1862, aged seventy-three years.
Dr. Roche met with but little active opposition to his practice, which may have been due to the liberal example of the late Dr. Lyman Bart- lett, who, at the time of his death, had stood for a quarter of a century at the head of his school in this locality. He steadfastly refused to be bound by the rules of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and always met homoeopathic physicians in consultation whenever requested to do so.
At this same time, in the northwestern portion of the county, in the town of Norton, Dr .. Ira Barrows was practicing in the old school. But in 1842 his attention was called to the new theory of therapeutics by his friend, Dr. P. P. Wells, now of Brooklyn, N. Y. But he was not a man to take things on any one's statement, and he accordingly ob- tained the "Organon " and Hull's Jahr, and commenced experiments. The results of these experiments filled him with wonder, and he very soon gave in his adherence unreservedly to the new school.
In August of 1842 an epidemic dysentery spread very generally over the region around Norton, and Dr. Barrows treated sixty-three cases with the loss of but one-a very wonderful showing for that disease and those times. The knowledge of his method of treatment spread very rapidly over the adjacent towns, and soon his circuit extended to at least twenty miles. He was the pioneer of homoeopathy in Taunton, Middleborough, Raynham, the Bridgewaters, Easton, Mansfield, Fox. borough, Wrentham, Attleborough, Seekonk, Rehoboth, Dighton and Pawtucket. He met with a great deal of opposition from his professional brethren, and was finally, without a fair hearing and on a technical charge, expelled from the Massachusetts Medical Society. This action of the society, and the fact that it was based technically, not really, on "gross immorality," was exceedingly galling to Dr. Barrows, and he
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never could afterwards speak of it with composure. He soon left Nor- ton, and commenced practice in Providence, which he held to the day of his death. He died October 14, 1882, and his funeral, held in church, was attended by crowds of interested professional and lay friends. He graduated at Brown University in 1824, and received his medical diploma from Harvard in 1827.
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It was not till 1845 that Fall River was settled by homoeopathy. In that year Dr. Isaac Fiske became interested in it, and the more he studied the law and the more he put it into practice the more did he love it, till finally he practiced under its ægis solely. At this time Fall River was a small manufacturing town, with its great possibilities not yet developed, and its population largely made up of those who were connected with the mills. With this class homoeopathy was not popu- lar, and Dr. Fiske met with much and unreasonable opposition in his new practice, both from his professional brethren and the people. But his own high scholarly attainments, his social power, and his love for . his newly-found truth, enabled him to overcome all difficulties, and to establish himself in a good practice.
Although the town of Taunton had frequent services of Dr. Ira Bar- rows, yet there was no settled homoeopathic physician here till the ad- vent of Dr. George Barrows, in 1846. Dr. Barrows was a graduate of Amherst in 1840, and of Berkshire Medical College in 1843, which he had entered as a sturdy allopath. But his attention had been drawn to homoeopathy by the increased success of his brother since his change of practice, and by the urgency of Dr. William Peck, of Cincinnati. While at Pittsfield he made the change, and openly avowed and prac- ticed the new way. He settled in Taunton after his graduation and although he met with much opposition, he kept on the even tenor of his way and by his professional success and his unfailing courtesy, he reached the measure of his ambition. He died January 19, 1878.
These were the pioneer homoeopathicts of the county, and they were men worthy of the highest respect outside of the profession which they honored, as well as among their brethren. In 1847, after Dr. Barrows left Norton, Dr. Benjamin M. Rounds began practice in that town and continued there nearly or quite forty years. In 1850 Dr. G. M. Mathes settled in New Bedford. He received his degree from the universities of Halle and Wittenberg in 1836, and studied in Europe two years longer. He began practice in Berlin in 1838 and removed in 1841 to his native place, Schwedt, Prussia. In 1845 he began in-
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vestigation and study which resulted in his taking up the new practice, and in 1849 came to this country. He was a successful practitioner in New Bedford many years.
In 1851 Dr. Charles Harris settled in Taunton. He was a graduate of Berkshire Medical College in 1847. He acquired a good practice, but ill health compelled him to return to Wareham, where he had for- merly practiced. In 1852 Dr. Henry B. Clarke, a graduate of the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, began practice in New Bedford and achieved success.
In the year 1854 three young physicians, all graduates of the college just named, settled in the three cities of Bristol county, where they were destined to exert a large measure of influence. Dr. John L. Clarke began practice in that year in Fall River and soon took a commanding professional position. In that year also Dr. Elijah Utley Jones settled in Taunton, when he was twenty-eight years of age. During a period of teaching to obtain means for going through college his health failed and he returned to his father's home in Augusta, Me. Finally, con -. quering a dreaded lung weakness, he studied medicine in the Maine Medical School, and in February, 1854, entered the Homoeopathic Col· lege of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in the same year and began his long period of successful practice in Taunton. In 1855 he joined the Homoeopathic Fraternity, a small society which ultimately grew into the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society. For fif- teen years he was on the board of management of the latter organiza- tion and seven years was its secretary, and in 1876 was elected its first president. He was the author of the " Early History of Homoeopathy in Massachusetts," a work of great value. He was always a liberal contributor to various publications on medical and other subjects. In 1879 he was appointed lecturer on sanitary science and malarial dis- eases in Boston University medical school.
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